Zoo Portrait : Hansh, the fishing cat

Fishing cats are wild cats, that live in meadows and wetlands. They are double the size of a domestic cat, and are excellent swimmers and divers. They mainly eat fish.

These animals are highly endangered by the destruction and pollution of their habitats. Agricultural drainage, water pollution, tree felling and fishing are among the main factors that pose a threat to the species.

About Yago, the artist:

Yago Partal (b. 1982, Barcelona) lives and works in Barcelona.

He creates his anthropomorphic images through a painstaking combination of photography, illustration and collage. His intention (in humanising animals) is to make us look again, to see them as "one of us" and not something to be exploited or endangered.

Yago has returned to university to study his passion, zoology. The sales from the Zoo Portraits have enabled him to support a number of wildlife charities over the years, and to work with children to educate the next generation about animal conservation.

Yago Partal is represented by Subject Matter Art, an online fine art gallery based in London. For any questions about his work, please contact kitty@subjectmatterart.com.

This artwork is:

Limited edition I Signed by the artist I Printed on archival inks and paper